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Obasanjo mourns Aromolaran, Commiserate with Osun governor, Ijesa people

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, joined other Nigerians to mourn the passing of His Royal Majesty Oba (Dr.) Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, the Owa-Obokun Adimula and Paramount ruler of Ijesaland, Osun State. The Paramount ruler joined his ancestors at age 86. Obasanjo in a condolence message, Commiserate with the state governor, Sen. Ademola Jackson…

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Gov. Lawal Offers Full Scholarships To 30 Zamfara Gifted Students, Commits To Education Reforms

Governor Dauda Lawal has offered scholarships to 30 Zamfara gifted students at the Federal Government Academy, Suleja. Governor Lawal made the pledge on Wednesday while receiving the Zamfara Gifted Students and the leadership of Muhammad Kabir Danbaba Centre for Women and Youth Development Center at the Government House, Gusau. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson,…

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Governor Ademola Adeleke Mourns Exit of a Titan, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, Condoles Ijesa People

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed his heartfelt condolences over the passing of the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Dr Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, who departed on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. In a statement issued today by the Governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed in Osogbo, Governor Adeleke described the late monarch as a “father figure,…

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JUST IN: CBN directs payment service providers to begin PoS transaction tracking

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all Payment Service Providers to route all transactions from PoS terminals at merchant and agent locations — physical or electronic — through an approved CBN Payment Terminal Service Aggregator. It also issued a 30-day deadline requiring service providers to comply with enhanced routing guidelines for Point of Sale…

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Osun monarch, Aromolaran, dies at 86

A first-class Osun State monarch, the Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, is dead. His death was announced in a statement, signed by Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, obtained by PUNCH Online on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital. Before Fasuyi’s confirmation of the monarch’s passage, there was anxiety over the health of…

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NEPZA licences Free Zone with over 150 million USD investment portfolio in FCT

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has again boosted the country’s manufacturing and export indexes with the licencing of Abuja Industrial Park (ZEBERCED) Free Zone with initial 150 million US dollar investment portfolio. Dr Olufemi Ogunyemi, Managing Director of NEPZA, in a remark, while handing over the Operating Licence to the Turkish owners of…

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